DEAR FRIENDS: 
Many of you have sent us your orders year after year; some of you have sent us several orders in a season. This is a source of 
deep satisfaction to us, and we are most grateful. 
We assure you who are about to send us your first order that we will do all possible to make you glad you sent it. It is the policy 
of our organization to merit and retain the good-will and respect of our clientele. é ; ‘ 
Hoping that our efforts toward a more beautiful and fruitful America, as reflected by this catalogue, will find favor with you, 
we are, 
Sincerely. 
JOE AND J. R. STUART 
BOB WOMACK, Manager 


STUART’S GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all stock to be true to name. If it should prove 
otherwise, we wil] replace free or refund the purchase price. 
Our nursery stock is guaranteed to be up to standard, disease- 
free, and to reach you in good, live condition if sent by mail or 
express. We cannot assume any responsibility for freight ship- 
ments. If you are not entirely satisfied upon arrival of your stock, 
return it to us at once, and we will replace free or refund your 
money. 

We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to growth or 
productiveness. 
Prices are for cash with order, and all stock offered is subject 
to prior sale. j 
We cannot guarantee nursery stock to live, as we have no con- 
trol over it after it leaves our hands—but we will replace at half 
price, the following season, that which does not live, if you notify 
us not later than July 1, 1949, and send with your report your 
remittance for one-half the original purchase price. 
THE PECAN 
The Pecan, State Tree of Texas, surpasses all trees 
for sheer beauty, permanence, and profit. Plant Stuart's 
papershell pecans for your own pleasure and profit, 
and to provide a natural endowment for your children 
and grandchildren. 
With great pride we offer you our proven varieties of 
budded papershell pecans. We consider the varieties 
offered and our own stock in these varieties to be of the 
best. Our trees grow much faster, are more productive, 
and bear younger than the seedling trees. 
Closest attention is given by the management to see 
that only the very best bud woods are selected for the 
budding of our papershell pecans. These fine buds are 
budded on hardy Texas pecan seedlings. This combi- 
nation of rugged root stock and buds of high quality 
and vitality produces the best of trees. 

PECANS—STUART 
In planting, bear in mind the permanence of the 
pecan tree and its great size: allow plenty of room. 
Do not plant the trees closer than 40 feet to each other. 
In commercial plantings, it is better to space them 60 
by 60 feet. 
In ideal pecan soils, the post-hole digger may be 
used to open the holes for the trees. Plant the trees 
about two inches deeper than they stood in the nurs- 
ery row. Return the good top soil to the hole first, water 
well, and finish refilling hole with dirt and tamp well. 
After trees are well established, good commercial fer- 
tilizer is beneficial. Cover crops are especially good. 
By all means, spray as needed. Consult your County 
Agent about local conditions. 
In tight soils, it is better to open a good-sized hole so 
the trees will find a friendlier place in which to estab- 
lish themselves. 
Stuart trees and plants are propagated, 
grown, dug and shipped by our experi- 
enced organization. Every precaution 
is taken to insure accuracy. 
First-class stock cannot be sold for 
prices lower than ours. 
Members of American Association of 
Nurserymen and Texas Association of 
Nurserymen. 
Send your orders to Strawn, Texas. 
Visit our Nursery at Desdemona. 
Sales Yard at Strawn. 
You will note that our shipping tags 
certify that our stock has been in- 
spected by state and federal authori- 
ties and found to be apparently free 
from injurious insects and diseases. 
